Leonard Cohen — Passing Through

I saw Jesus on the cross on a hill called Calvary "Do you hate mankind for what they done to you?" He said, "Talk of love not hate, things to do - it's getting late I've so little time and I'm only passin' through." Passin' through, passin' through Sometimes happy, sometimes blue Glad that I ran into you Tell the people that you saw me passin' through I saw Adam leave the garden with an apple in his hand I said "Now you're out, what are you gonna do?" "Plant some crops and pray for rain, maybe raise a little Cain I'm an orphan now, and I'm only passin' through. So are you" Passin' through, passin' through ... I was with Washington at Valley Forge, shiverin' in the snow I said, "How come the men here suffer like they do?" "Men will suffer, men will fight, even die for what is right Even though they know they're only passin' through" Passin' through, passin' through ... I was by Franklin Roosevelt's side on the night before he died He said, "One world must come out of world war two" (ah, the fool) "Yankee, Russian, white or tan," he said, "a man is still a man We're all on one road, and we're only passin' through." Passin' through, passin' through ...